Watchlist Legislation Violates Most Of The Bill Of Rights

Vir­ginia –-(Ammoland.com)- The Ter­ror­ist Watch­list leg­is­la­tion being con­sid­ered in Con­gress is noth­ing more than some­one try­ing to get in the Guin­ness Book for most civ­il rights vio­la­tions at a sin­gle time. Con­sid­er the Bill of Rights:

1) Except for Dianne Fein­stein, every­one agrees that there IS no process for get­ting off the Ter­ror­ist Watch­list. So much for the FIRSTAMENDMENT right to peti­tion the gov­ern­ment for redress of griev­ances.

2) The elim­i­na­tion of the SECONDAMENDMENT right to keep and bear arms is a giv­en.

4) Vir­tu­al­ly any gov­ern­ment bureau­crat can put you on the list for what­ev­er rea­son they see fit. Say good­bye to the FOURTHAMENDMENT right to prob­a­ble cause.

5) The FIFTHAMENDMENT is one of the biggest casu­al­ties. Of the five pro­tec­tions with­in, the rights to a grand jury and due process are elim­i­nat­ed out­right. If car­ried to its log­i­cal con­clu­sion, when they kick in your door and seize the guns you already have, the right to just com­pen­sa­tion will fall vic­tim as well.

6) Of the six pro­tec­tions in the SIXTHAMENDMENT, say good­bye to a pub­lic tri­al, an impar­tial jury, being informed of the nature and cause of your offense, con­fronting the wit­ness­es against you and, unless you are VERY wealthy, assis­tance of legal coun­cil.

7) Giv­en the extra­or­di­nary vio­la­tion of Con­sti­tu­tion­al rights, and the depraved lack of due process and rules of evi­dence, a case can be made for an EIGHTHAMENDMENT vio­la­tion of the pro­tec­tion against cru­el and unusu­al pun­ish­ment.

8) Since the NINTHAMENDMENT is a catch-all, declar­ing that enu­mer­at­ing rights does not elim­i­nate rights not list­ed, bet­ter legal minds than I could make a case that any num­ber of non-enu­mer­at­ed rights are vio­lat­ed.

There are 26 sep­a­rate pro­tec­tions in the Bill of Rights. Nine are elim­i­nat­ed out­right by this obscene cha­rade, with anoth­er four poten­tial abus­es. If you want to get in the Guin­ness Book, go swal­low some gold­fish. If you want to take mean­ing­ful action against ter­ror­ism, FIXTHELIST: the list­ing process, the vet­ting process, an appeals process.

The Bill of RIghts afford­ed to all cit­i­zens of the Unit­ed States

DON’T let the government remove the Constitutional protections from those it purports to serve without due process and rules of evidence!

About Vir­ginia Cit­i­zens Defense League, Inc. (VCDL):

Vir­ginia Cit­i­zens Defense League, Inc. (VCDL). VCDL is an all-vol­un­teer, non-par­ti­san grass­roots orga­ni­za­tion ded­i­cat­ed to defend­ing the human rights of all Vir­gini­ans. The Right to Keep and Bear Arms is a fun­da­men­tal human right.